The only PHYs that are used with phylink which change their interface
are the BCM84881 and MV88X3310 family, both of which only change their
interface modes on link-up events.  However, rather than relying upon
this behaviour by the PHY, we should give a stronger guarantee when
resolving that the link will be down whenever we change the interface
mode.  This patch implements that stronger guarantee for resolve.
Reviewed-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@armlinux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
                }
        }
 
-       if (mac_config)
+       if (mac_config) {
+               if (link_state.interface != pl->link_config.interface) {
+                       /* The interface has changed, force the link down and
+                        * then reconfigure.
+                        */
+                       if (cur_link_state) {
+                               phylink_link_down(pl);
+                               cur_link_state = false;
+                       }
+               }
                phylink_mac_config(pl, &link_state);
+       }
 
        if (link_state.link != cur_link_state) {
                pl->old_link_state = link_state.link;